“The bride’s friend” is the new, captivating novel written by Nicolas Barreau. The author – or rather, the French-German author who hides behind the French pseudonym – has created a new Parisian story that tells of friendships, new loves and coincidences. Let’s find out more.
“Bridesmaid” by Nicolas Barreau
The synopsis of “Bridesmaids”
Showing up at the wrong party isn’t always a misfortune. On a rainy spring day, Jean-Pierre Morel – owner of a café littéraire in the Marais, Paris – receives an invitation that will change his life.
To his great surprise, Paul, his former best friend, is waiting for him at his wedding in the South of France. Inseparable at school, the two haven’t spoken to each other in years, and for good reason. Having the same tastes in women as your best friend is always complicated.
And if on top of that he looks like Alain Delon and has a disarming smile, he’s a real nightmare. While Jean-Pierre, a romantic and a dreamer, spent hours considering his move, Paul was always one step ahead.
Now, however, he seems sincerely repentant and Jean-Pierre decides to participate. On the day of the party everything goes wrong. Océane, his stormy ex-girlfriend, suddenly shows up and makes a scene; his grandmother sprains her ankle and he has to accompany her to her emergency room; and in the rush of departure he forgets the invitation home.
Remember the name of the chateau, but will it be in Tabanac, Bergerac or Grézillac? Why do all the towns in Entre-Deux-Mers end in -ac?
When finally, nervous and late, he manages to blend in among the guests of a wedding reception in full swing, he meets Juliette, a young woman with flaming Titian red hair who says everything that comes into her head and always distorts her first name.
Strangely, there is no trace of Paul, but the bride’s friend turns out to be rather fascinating company. And when Jean-Pierre begins to suspect he’s in the wrong marriage, perhaps a new love story is about to begin.
How much coincidences affect the course of life
Have you ever wondered where you would be if you hadn’t accepted that invitation, if you had decided to leave for that Erasmus, if you had accompanied that friend of yours that evening, if you hadn’t chosen to take that strange opportunity that has now become your everyday life ?
Whether they are insignificant or enormous, the choices we make from day to day constitute infinite possibilities of different lives, real crossroads capable of changing everything more or less suddenly.
It’s true and it’s also quite romantic to think like this. It is no coincidence that the best stories in literature and cinema have been built on the plot of coincidence. The plot of “Bridesmaids” also makes use of this magical tool.
Who is Nicolas Barreau
The author of “Bridesmaid”, as well as all the other love novels set in Paris that have made the hearts of millions of readers beat, is actually an author.
Nicolas Barreau is in fact the pseudonym of Daniela Thiele, a French-German publisher who created an alter ego to write and publish the romantic books that made her famous throughout the world.
Fame came in particular with “The secret ingredients of love”, which in Germany alone sold over a million copies and was at the top of the Italian sales charts in 2011 for over four months.
The curious story of an editorial and literary case
The genesis of Nicolas Barreau’s works is curious and almost novelistic, so much so that it seems to have come out of a book or a film.
When Daniela Thiele founded her own publishing house with her husband, she was forced to face all the difficulties involved: finding writers to publish was difficult. But, above all, it is complicated to do it when you don’t have enough funds available.
Thus, Daniela comes up with an idea that might seem crazy to many: to write a book of her own and self-publish. However, considering it unprofessional to publish a book in the name of the same owner of the publishing house, she thinks of an alter ego. Here is the curious story of Daniela Thiele and Nicolas Barreau, the editorial case that in 2011 sent the whole of Europe into turmoil with romance and French kisses, and which today fascinates us with the new “Bridesmaid” .
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